Ozito OZPCS305A - Felling a Tree

Felling a tree
Warning! Felling a tree should only be done by trained operators.
Decide the direction in which you wish the tree to
fall taking into account the direction of the wind, the
position of branches, lean of the tree, ease of
subsequent limbing and bucking and other factors
prevalent at the time.
1. Clear the area around the tree and make sure that
you have a good foothold and clear retreat path.
2. Ensure that others in the area are aware of the
felling and ensure people and animals are well clear.
3. Make a notch cut one-third of the way into the tree on the felling side.
4. Make the felling cut on the opposite side to the initial notch and slightly higher than
the notch. As the felling cut gets close to the notch cut, the tree will begin to fall.
5. Remove the saw from the cut, stop the engine with the on/off switch (11), put the
saw down and leave the area along the retreat path.
Limbing
Limbing is the process of removing the branches
from a fallen tree. Check the direction in which a
branch will bend before cutting it. Always cut on the
opposite side to the bending direction so that the
guide bar is not pinched in the cut.
For large limbs that cannot be removed in one cut,
make an initial cut from the bent side and finish by
sawing from the opposite direction. Do not remove limbs that are supporting the
fallen tree on the ground until the tree has been cut into lengths.
Warning! Always keep a balanced stance. Do not stand on the log. Be alert to the
fact that the log may roll over. When working on a slope, always stand on the
uphill side of the log.
Bucking
Bucking is cutting a log into lengths for easier handling.
To saw a log lying on the ground, first saw halfway,
then roll the log over and cut from the opposite side.
To saw the end of a log suppor
ted off the ground,
first saw up fr
om the bottom one-third through the
log then finish by sawing down from the top. To saw
a log in the middle of two supports holding it off the
ground, first saw down from the top one-third
through the log then finish by sawing up from
the bottom.
Caution: A
void cutting into the gr
ound as this will ver
y quickly dull the saw chain.
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